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AUDIO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound elements of television
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("audio" is a kind of...):
component; constituent; element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system)
Holonyms ("audio" is a part of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A recording of acoustic signals
Synonyms:
audio; audio recording; sound recording
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("audio" is a kind of...):
recording (a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "audio"):
audiotape (a tape recording of sound)
disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)
soundtrack (sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film)
talking book (sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An audible acoustic wave frequency
Synonyms:
audio; audio frequency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("audio" is a kind of...):
frequence; frequency; oftenness (the number of occurrences within a given time period)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The audible part of a transmitted signal
Example:
they always raise the audio for commercials
Synonyms:
audio; sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("audio" is a kind of...):
auditory communication (communication that relies on hearing)
Holonyms ("audio" is a part of...):
telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)
Context examples:
Issue associated with the accuracy and appropriateness of any written, printed, graphic or audio/visual matter that is supplied with a medical device or its containers, wrappers; with any matter that accompanies a medical device including instructions related to identification, technical description and use of the medical device provided by the device manufacturer.
(Instruction for Medical Device Use Issue, Food and Drug Administration)
